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  • Thor-Sketch-Card-Ralph-Contreras

    Sketch Card – Thor of the Avengers

    I’ve decided to do a quick pencil drawing every few days. What better way then to draw on a Sketch Card. It give me the opportunity to practice drawing different characters, and it’s also fun! Sketch cards are the sized of collectible cards. They’ve become...

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    Sketch Card – Hawkeye of the Avengers

    A few months ago I ordered some cool sketch cards on-line. These were trading card size, 2.5″ x 3″ Bristol board paper. Well I finally got around to actually drawing on one last night. In the middle of cleaning my apartment I was struck with...

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    Marvel Comics – The Heroic Age – Fan Blog Site

    This last week Marvel Comics has been promoting their new event called The Heroic Age. It was hinted last year with a teaser showing Thor, Captain America and Iron Man in shadow. the last few years in the Marvel Universe have been very dark. There...

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    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge – Modok

    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 4th quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Friday October 9th of Modok (Mobile Organism Designed Only for Killing) from Marvel Comics. I took one day off the challenge, but came back with a really...

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    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge – Enchantress (Marvel)

    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 3rd quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Wednesday October 7th of Amora The Enchantress from Marvel Comics. This sketch was very challenging for me. It took me a little long then my allowed 30...

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    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge

    I’ve decided to give myself a daily exercise to help in my drawing skills. I call it The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge. This next week I will be doing a quick drawing for only 30 minutes. These drawing will be of random comic book characters. Not...

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    How to Draw Comics Book Review – How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

    I’ve wanted to be a comic book artist as long as I’ve been reading comics. To be able to play with the heroes I read about. Like most aspiring artists I looked to books to show me the right way to draw comics. How the...

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    Comic Book Digital Inking Techniques with Illustrator Vector Anchor Points

    I’ve received several requested to show the steps I used to create my digital inking of the Fantastic Four pin up I did of artist Ariel Padilla’s pencils.  I was looking for some art to ink and found the pencils on his DeviantArt page. This...

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    Iron Man – “Present Past” Drawing I did in 1989

    A few months ago I was vising my moms house where I found a box of old drawings I did when I was a kid. There were drawings I did of Veritech fighters from Robotech to comic book and super heroes. Last night I was...

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  • Tasty

    The Movies, Games, and Comics Panel at the Albuquerque Film Festival 2009

    I was very fortunate to be able to attend the “MOVIES, GAMES, AND COMICS PANEL” this weekend at the Albuquerque Film Festival 2009. The speakers on the panel were T.Q. Jefferson: the Marvel Comics Director of Games, the Eisner-nominated Pander Brothers: Jacob and Arnold Pander,...

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